The Emperor's Dragon II

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"Dragon."

Izuku looked over to see Twice approaching him. The man seemed a bit nervous.

"You are up early," he greeted him cheerfully. Izuku was usually up before everyone else and was going to find Kurogiri so that he could talk to his Dad. His father had decided to spend last night catching up with Kurogiri and Gigantomachia.

Twice nodded and shuffled with obvious discomfort.

"Is something the matter?" Izuku asked gently.

The man gulped and swept one hand through his blond hair. He sighed. "What are you planning on doing for Dabi?" he asked.

Izuku waited for Twice to make a follow up question, but it didn't come. "I'm not sure what you mean," he replied, gesturing for Jin to sit with him at one of the tables. He glanced over to the door on reflex and noted that it was closed, and locked.

"What are you going to do for Dabi?" Twice repeated.

Izuku shook his head. He still didn't understand. Dabi was dead. "There's not a lot I can do," he told his companion.

"No, I mean with his body," Jin clarified.

That was an odd question. "I don't have his body." Twice knew that. Dabi's body was with the heroes.

"That's what I mean," Jin said. "It's-" He swallowed, still uncomfortable.

"Twice, I promise I won't be offended," Izuku assured him. "If there's something I'm meant to do then I will," he added.

Twice gave him a look and then nodded. "It doesn't happen very often. Usually people die during infighting but since Dabi died on a mission, it's considered good practice for you to see to his funeral arrangements. If you don't, he'll just be buried in a common grave."

"Oh," Izuku said. That wasn't anything near as bad as he thought. "I'll have Kurogiri collect Dabi's body then, and we can honour him," he said.

He supposed that made sense. If one of your crew died for your mission, you should at least have the good taste to make sure they were buried as they wished.

"That's good," Twice agreed.

Izuku nodded and waited to see if Jin had anything more to say but the man didn't feel he needed to impart any more advice. "You did good yesterday," Izuku told him instead. "I couldn't have done it without you," he added.

"I wish I could have done more," Jin told him.

He felt his eyes widen. "How?" Izuku asked with a chuckle. "You made half the warp gates and that alone gave us the advantage! You didn't have to do anything more."

Twice looked down at the table.

"You think I want you to be the muscle all the time?" Izuku had the realisation.

With his quirk, Twice could easily overwhelm opponents. He could run whole missions by himself and if two clones couldn't do the job, then four could be sent, or eight or more... If you were in control of that quirk, then Izuku would well understand how it could be abused. You couldn't need anyone else, and you would be willing to pay Twice... well, maybe not everything he asked for but enough to ensure that he remained faithful to you.

But that, apparently, wasn't what the man wanted. Izuku thought about what he knew. If Twice wanted to it was likely he could have dominated the underworld but he must not want that. Infact... Twice had seemed happiest every time they were together.

It would be easy to tell Twice that he had to use his quirk, but Izuku paused... That wasn't what he wanted at all. He wanted ... Saying he wanted the heroes gone was the easy answer. What he wanted was actually more complex.